domestic violence
nounDefinition of domestic violence
: the inflicting of physical injury by one family or household member on another
also
: a repeated or habitual pattern of such behavior
Examples of domestic violence in a Sentence
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Traffic stops were the most common scenario ending in a shooting by police; domestic violence was the second most common. — Pauline Repard, San Diego Union-Tribune, "DA reviews 25 years of shootings by police in San Diego County," 15 Aug. 2019 For Dennison, domestic violence had touched her own family. — Los Angeles Times, "On a vast reservation, female Navajo officers patrol with bulletproof vests and protective amulets," 13 Aug. 2019 Under existing federal law, people convicted of domestic violence can’t own a gun—but that only applies to spouses, ex-spouses and family members. — Danielle Tcholakian, The New Republic, "The Obscene Difficulty of Depriving a Troubled White Man of a Gun," 23 July 2019 But this was Russia, where domestic violence is both endemic and widely ignored. — Andrew Higgins, New York Times, "Ignored at Home, Battered Russian Women Take Cases to Europe," 11 July 2019 In California, there is a mandatory arrest policy where police believe domestic violence has taken place. — Ramona Sentinel, "Crime Prevention Corner: Domestic abuse comes in many forms," 26 June 2019 Try being a good student in a house where the parents are in the middle of a painful divorce, or even worse, living in a house where domestic violence is a weekly or daily thing. — Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, "‘Who’s to blame?’: The best comments this week on seattletimes.com," 7 June 2019 Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced in June that gang violence and domestic violence would not be grounds for asylum. — Christianna Silva, Teen Vogue, "What to Know About Immigrant Family Reunification Ahead of the July 26 Deadline," 25 July 2018 Onfroy was facing more charges that included domestic violence stemming from a 2016 relationship. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, "Police confirm XXXTentacion shot dead at age 20," 18 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'domestic violence.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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